Matt Cohen @mattdcohen.bsky.social

1 day ago

Don't mess with Texas? More like Texas is a mess. Follow @jenrice.bsky.social and @yuniorarivas.bsky.social for the latest in the Texas redistricting standoff.

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com

2 days ago

BREAKING: Gov. Greg Abbott (R) just asked the Texas Supreme Court to remove Rep. Gene Wu (D) from office by Thursday — for joining a walkout to block the GOP’s redistricting power grab.

If Abbott succeeds, no Democratic lawmaker is safe for protesting.

From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

Gov. Abbott Asks Court to Expel Leading Democrat Over Redistricting Protest

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Jim Saksa @jimsaksa.com

1 day ago

Amazingly enough, we already had this graphic ready to go for this story

Why The Voting Rights Act's 60th Birthday Might Be Its Last

Why The Voting Rights Act's 60th Birthday Might Be Its Last

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com

2 days ago

NEW: Meet the man quietly redrawing Texas to keep the GOP in power.

His name is Adam Kincaid. He doesn’t live in Texas. But he drew the unfair map in 2021 and the unfair map again this year.

From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

Meet Adam Kincaid: The Hidden Hand Behind the Texas GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com

4 days ago

BREAKING: A group of Texas House Democrats flee the state to block a hastily-drawn Republican congressional map that could add 5 more GOP seats ahead of the 2026 midterms.

One of the Democrats called the move one of “absolute moral clarity.”

From: @jenrice.bsky.social

Texas Democrats Leave the State to Block GOP Congressional Map

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social

6 days ago

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social

9 days ago

I am available for the Supreme Court.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social

9 days ago

If we survive this, there is going to be a real push from liberals for the next Democrat in the Oval to go scorched earth and simply nominate the most ardently ideological, brazenly partisan judges.

Not even offer up a fig leaf of bipartisanship. Just ram through whoever you want, at any cost.

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com

9 days ago

BREAKING: In a 50-49 vote, the Senate confirms Emil Bove, one of Trump’s former attorneys, to a lifetime federal judgeship despite multiple whistleblowers alleging that he urged the Justice Department to ignore court orders.

From: @jaknutson.bsky.social

Senate GOP Confirms Trump’s DOJ ‘Hatchet Man’ for Lifetime Judgeship

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com

9 days ago

SCOOP: The Justice Department is demanding sensitive voter data from Maine, including access to the state’s voter registration rolls, the state says. The move is part of the department’s radical anti-voting shift from defending voting rights to hunting for voter fraud.

From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social

Maine Says It’s the Latest Target of DOJ’s Hunt For Voter Data

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com

10 days ago

NEW: New Hampshire firmly rejected the DOJ’s demand for its full statewide voter roll, citing state law, cybersecurity and voter privacy.

New Hampshire joins Minnesota and Wisconsin in resisting the DOJ’s push to obtain state voter rolls.

From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social

New Hampshire Defies DOJ Push for Voter Data

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com

10 days ago

NEW: Texas GOP redistricting chair admits at a hearing on the state’s redistricting scheme that he hasn’t looked at census data, despite communities of color driving nearly all of the state’s recent population growth.

From: @jenrice.bsky.social

Texas Republican Redistricting Chair Admits He Hasn’t Looked at Census Data

Read more here.